ASCO & Member News
Find highlights of ASCO initiatives, including news related to oncology research and clinical practice, policy and advocacy, education, and meetings, and updates on ASCO’s patient-centered site, Cancer.Net, and Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation.
Member News provides updates on ASCO member career news, awards, and recognitions, as well as profiles of ASCO volunteer leaders. If you have news you would like to share, please contact ascoconnection@asco.org.
May 24, 2022
Conquer Cancer Grants & Awards support oncology professionals at every career stage, medical students, and residents to help accelerate research breakthroughs and build an oncology workforce that more fully represents the diversity of individuals with cancer.
May 11, 2022
Find out what your fellow ASCO members have been up to in this month's edition of Member News.
May 11, 2022
Using support from a 2018 Young Investigator Award, Dr. Betof Warner is exploring exercise oncology, researching the effects of aerobic exercise on tumor growth and blood supply, drug delivery, and therapeutic efficacy to fill this gap in melanoma care.
Apr 15, 2022
The courses are focused, mobile, and designed to fit into a practitioner’s busy schedule.
Apr 01, 2022
ASCO launched Communities of Practice to foster collaboration within specialty-based groups during the Annual Meeting and throughout the year, starting with clinician medical educators, geriatric oncology specialists, and palliative care clinicians and investigators.
Mar 22, 2022
Like the patron saint of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which he led as its first CEO and founding director, Dr. Donald P. Pinkel devoted his life to what others considered hopeless causes in pediatric medicine.
Mar 09, 2022
Find out what your fellow ASCO members have been up to in this month's edition of Member News.
Mar 09, 2022
Learning is a science, and the leadership and staff in ASCO’s ESPD Department have been evaluating the Society’s educational offerings and updating them in accordance with the latest evidence about how people process, retain, and apply it.
Mar 08, 2022
To help guide patients as they make major decisions about treatment, Dr. Surbhi Sidana studied how patients experience and perceive quality of life and care while participating in clinical trials and now works to address structural roadblocks to clinical trial enrollment.
Mar 07, 2022
ASCO has been in ongoing communication with oncology care providers in Ukraine and in the neighboring countries that are receiving the majority of Ukrainian refugees, as well as working with WHO and other organizations around the world to provide and coordinate assistance.